Toilet-seat.



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TOILETSEAT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1 9. l9l7.

Patented Feb. 26,1918.

FIE I ISO N. WELLS, OF REDONJDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed-June 19, 1917'. Serial No. 175,607.

To all wko'mz'tmay concern:

Beit known that I, ISAAC N. WELLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at RedondoBeach, 'in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia; have invented certain new and useful Improvement in-Toilet-Seats;- and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the'art to which'it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to flexible seats or sheet protectors fortoilet seats; and it consists of a laminated sheet of flexible materialsashereinafter' fully described and claimed. a

In' the drawings, Figure 1 is a 'plan view of a seat constructedaccording to this invention. Fig. 2 isa front view ofthe seat showingthe notched flange turned down in a positlon for-use. I

- he seat is formed of a lower sheet or ply aper, or other similar ab- 3of oiled-paper, or other similar waterproof material, is secured to thelower sheet, and a suitable seat opening 4 is formed through the twosheets.

The upper sheet 3 is provided with a flange 5 which overhangs the lowersheet 2 around the opening 4, and this flange has a series of notches orslits 6 formed in it radially of the seat opening, so that it may beturned. downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, to engage with the opening inthe wooden toilet seat.

The flexible nature of the two sheets 2 number of similar sheets to beand 3 enables the deviceto be folded for convenience incarrying it, andpermits a packed into a small space'for shipment.

Each sheet may be formed of morethan one ply of material, and when thesheet of oiled 'paper is formed of two plies, their notched flanges arearranged so that the notches are in staggered relation, as shown inFig. 1. A projecting flange 7 may also be formed on the front edge ofthe upper sheet 2 overhanging the sheet 3.

What I claim is: 1. A protector for a toilet seat, comprisingafiexiblesheet provided with an under layer of absorbent'material and an upperply of waterproof material secured thereto, said sheet having a seatopening, and the upper plyhaving a notched flange which till overhangsthe absorbent under layer around the seat opening and which projectsthrough the opening downwardly.

2. A protector for a toilet seat, comprising a flexible sheet providedwith an underlayer of absorbent material and aplurality signature.

of the under layer when bent

